RembrandtPark - Outdoor Gym in Amsterdam

Rembrandt Park - Amsterdam

I spent almost two weeks in Amsterdam, and although I really love the vibe of the city, I also missed some beautiful nature and just the smell of fresh air. I needed to find a FREE outdoor gym in Amsterdam!

Every time I visit a city, I try to look for places to workout, and being the person that I am, I always look for outdoor gyms. When you need to find something, what do you do? You GOOGLE it, and that's how I found Rembrandt Park.

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There were a few gyms near the city center, but again, I was trying to leave the city center, so Rembrandt Park was right up my alley. It took me about 50 minutes to walk there which I figured that would be my warm up or cardio portion of my workout. I also ran there and back on another day. The distance from Amsterdam Central Station to RembrandtPark was about 5K.

The outdoor gym facility was unique from some of the other park gyms that I've been too. Some park gyms do not have actual weights, and only provide calesthenic equipment such as dip bars, pull up bars etc. The most well-equipped outdoor gym park that I've been to was an outdoor gym park in Bangkok Thailand, you can check out my post on that here.

Here is a quick list of the workout equipment that Rembrandt Park provided:
- Bench with weights
- Dip Station
- Bicep Arm Curl Station with weights
- Pull Up Bar
- Lat Station for back workout with weights
- Chest Machine for Chest Flys with weights
- Ab Machine for Core Leg Lifts
- Sit-Up Station
- Leg Machine for sit down leg lifts with weights
And of course miles of trails for running, walking and biking.

I visited this park a couple times and each time I was there, I did a full body circuit incorporating all of the equipment, and I did 3 rounds. As I am writing this, I am still a bit sore =) Finished both workouts with my Shakeology which I take along with me on my travels.

If you have a favorite outdoor park gym that you enjoy, please comment below, I'd love to put it on my list to visit during my travels.

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Outdoor Park Gym at Pildademmsparken - Malmo, Sweden

Outdoor Park in Malmo, Sweden

When I travel, I enjoy looking for places to do my workouts. Sometimes I will do my P90X workout in the room that I am staying in for a few days, sometimes I will go to a hotel gym, and sometimes I will go to a local gym and suck it up and pay a day pass fee. But when there is a FREE outdoor park that provides an outdoor gym, then that is what I prefer the most.

I stumbled on this place in Malmo while I was biking and exploring the city. It's called Pildademmsparken, and the park in general is huge. If I didn't look around hard enough, I would not have found it, and frankly I wasn't even expecting it.

Rope Climb

The outdoor gym was not fully equipped, but it had a lot of things that you don't normally see at a park where I am from in the USA. The outdoor gym did not have free weights like the place in Bangkok, Thailand (check out the outdoor gym park in Bangkok here), but it had a multi-purpose rack where you could do curls, squats, upright rows, shoulder presses etc.

Here is a quick list of they had:
- 3 Multi-Purpose Racks with designated weights already attached to a bar (squats, shoulder press, curls, dead lifts,
- 4 Shoulder Press Machines at different difficulty levels for doing stand up Military Presses
- 2 Core Machine for abs
- 3 Pull Up bars for pull ups, muscle ups, toe to bar etc.
- 3 permanent concrete boxes (different heights) for box jumps, step ups, or even decline push ups
- 1 set of Battle Ropes
- 1 Rope Climb set up with no knots
- 1 designated area for push ups, sit ups, planks, or burpees (circular concrete patio)
- Small hill for sprints or even bear crawls, maybe even weight carries if you bring some along such as sand bags, jerry cans etc.
- Park is ideal for running just like most parks, there are paved and also single tracks along the edges of the park.

Outdoor Gym Layout with sample workouts

And that's pretty much it. You can get a little creative and do some really intense circuits. If you've been to this outdoor gym, please comment below and tell me how you liked it!

I really enjoyed this outdoor gym park, and I know that there are a lot more around the city, but this is the only one that I went too, and I would definitely try to do a workout and visit if you are ever in Malmo, Sweden.

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Working at Coffee Shops Around the World

Coffee Square in Malmo, Sweden

I wanted to write this post because I've worked at many coffee shops around the world. For me, there are advantages and disadvantages with this, and I just wanted to nail down some of those things and maybe get some opinions from some of you.

As an Online Beachbody Coach and Digital Nomad Traveler, one of the most amazing benefits is that having your own online business allows you to work from home, and I absolutely love that, but at the same time, just being around a social landscape helps me connect better with my productivity. Let me explain:

I GET BORED AT HOME SOMETIMES! Anyone relate?

So what do I do? I head over to a nearby coffee shop and do some work. Now if I am traveling for an extended period of time, I tend to work at coffee shops more than usual. I do this because these hubs sometimes have a stronger internet signal than some of the places where I sleep.

So let's go over some advantages and disadvantages:

The BIG "A" - Advantages:
- Better signal (sometimes, especially when traveling in remote places)
- People interaction and watching (it's not Walmart, but it's a human thing)
- Good coffee (sometimes)
- Great for social and business one on one meetings
- I tend to be more PRODUCTIVE. What I mean is that if I am at home, and I get lazy, I will plop myself on the couch and take a nap. I can't do that at a coffee shop =)

The BIG "D" - Disadvantages:
- No Privacy
- Not ideal for conference calls (unless you want to be a butt-hole and be that rude guy)
- You have to spend money, while if you are at home, you eat for free (unless you bring your Shakeology with you of course)
- You have to drive or walk to get there (while at home, you can walk over to your desk in a few seconds, all while you are still in your PJ's)

I've been to some pretty cool places around the world, and I think that's part of the whole experience as an Online Entrepreneur, to see new places and be able to work and meet other people along the way. I haven't met too many people around the world at coffee shops, but when I do meet other entrepreneurs, we tend to gravitate and meet each other to do some work, it's a pretty cool culture.

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Another great option that offers a bit more of the professional business experience is finding "work spaces", this is where you can rent office or common space daily, monthly, or longer depending on your project or goal. The vibe is not as chill as a coffee shop (more quiet though), but the work spaces tend to offer more services such as printing and video conference rooms.

Do you enjoy working at coffee shops or at home? Please share some of your advantages and disadvantages in the comment section. Hope to meet you soon!

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How to deal with NEGATIVITY as a Beachbody Coach

"I'm PROUD to be a Beachbody Coach, I don't expect everyone to understand it, that's not my goal"

I guess this post could also relate with any life obstacles, but being that I am a Beachbody Coach, I wanted to throw my TWO CENTS in and share some of the things that I have done to get through the negativity of what people say about Beachbody Coaching.

-  IT'S A PYRAMID SCHEME/SCAM: This one used to get me all the time because I always knew that there were actual "pyramid scams" out there, but I also knew that the business model of "Network Marketing" and Multi-Level Marketing" was totally legit. The reason why people are negative about the whole idea is because they do not understand the difference between the two, and for the most part, these people are not open-minded enough to try to understand, which in turn...they will never "get it". They also may have retrieved some negative and falsified information from a family member or a friend who was in the business of MLM, but unfortunately quit <---- AND did not succeed. Try getting the facts from someone who is making it happen "succeeding and not quitting", there's a huge difference.

My suggestion is to find out if they are open enough to get educated on the topic, and if they aren't, I suggest that you ignore the negativity because it would be just a waste of time.

I travel all over the world, thanks to the freedom of my Beachbody "Network Marketing" business. I've been an online Beachbody Coach for almost 6 years now, so if someone tries to "bad-mouth" me or what I do, then I just smile to myself because I am the one sitting pretty in Sweden right now with no return ticket while some of these "negatives" are working miserably under a boss. If people really want TRUE freedom, then becoming an entrepreneur is the only way to do it, and "network marketing" is the best LEGIT ticket to freedom without investing thousands.

"Ignore the negativity, educate only the open-minded, keep moving forward"

Atop the Skansen Kronan Fortress overlooking Gothenburg, Sweden

-  RESPECT:  Everyone deserves respect. It is a bit annoying when people talk about things that they know nothing about, but that's what the population does, and hey, I'm even guilty of doing it, so I totally understand when people do it.

Let's face it, in the Beachbody Coaching and "Network Marketing" industry. There will be coaches and newbie entrepreneurs who will make the industry look bad. I don't think that it's intentional, but it happens. This happens in every sector of business though. Just look at where you work, I'm sure that someone in your company/job have been fired. And some of these people begin to bad-mouth the company because they didn't feel that it was right for them to get FIRED. But let's be honest, people get fired because they aren't fit for the company or image. Some people will never "get it", and when they don't, they do what humans do, they talk negative.

Respect is all about being happy for someone no matter what they do for a living. Beachbody Coaching is about being in business for yourself while helping others get healthy and fit, what's there not to respect about that? I mean, I don't go around talking about how crappy your company or job is, so it's really not nice for anyone to be negative about being a Beachbody Coach/Entrepreneur.

If someone is disrespectful to you about what you do as a Beachbody Coach, just simply ignore them (it's a waste of time to try to defend yourself when these people just don't care), because if they are disrespecting you, then that only shows the type of person they are, and trust me, you don't need those toxic people in your life. Hit that DELETE button.

"Be respectful of what people do for a living, even if you don't understand what they do"

In closing, Beachbody Coaching and the network marketing industry is a billion dollar business. It can only reach those numbers when people are finding success and lives are truly being changed. Bottom line is, we must be doing something right! So remember this....when something is going right, there will always be someone who will say something about it, so keep doing what you're doing =). #CoachesChangeLives

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Beachbody Coach Travel

Success Club Trip - Walt Disney World

So you like to TRAVEL ehh =) Me too! 

I wanted to conjure up (not even sure if I am using the word correctly lol) this quick blog post because there isn't very many people who know about the TRAVEL INCENTIVES as a Beachbody Coach. So let me explain as much as I can, and as QUICK as I can!

Based on your performance as a Beachbody Coach/Entrepreneur, the company provides you with some amazing trips, here are some of the most popular ones:

- Success Club Trip: Any coach can register for this trip and eventually get their whole trip paid for. The incentive program allows you to set certain goals, and if met, the trip itself which most of the time is a cruise, can be paid in full, or partially paid for based on how you meet your goals, as well as the minimum requirements from the company.

- Leadership Retreat: This trip is for 5 Star Diamond QUALIFIED Coaches and above. In a nutshell, if you have helped 5 of your friends become entrepreneurs, you earn this trip which consists of some exclusive training and a lot of time for fun, exploring luxury destinations, and camaraderie with other leaders in the business.

- Elite Adventure: Now this trip is like the SUPER BOWl of all Beachbody Coach EARNED travel. If you are among the TOP 10 in the company, you have an exclusive invitation! The qualifications are pretty tough, but are definitely doable. With hard work, anyone can do this, but not very many coaches will. The elite adventure trip takes the Top Ten Coaches to exotic or far-away places. Some past trips have been in Europe and South America. Oh, and trust me, you get PAMPERED like royalty, maybe even better ha ha!

Quick video from the 2013 Elite Adventure in Tahiti

So those are the 3 top earned travel trips that the Beachbody Company offers to their Coach Network. Now don't let this list limit you to think that this is it....NO WAY JOSE! When you build your Beachbody Coaching business, you are building something that will continue to provide you and your family with RESIDUAL INCOME (google it lol). What does this mean? It means that your income will continue to come in, even when you are sleeping, not working, traveling etc. So let's say that you're in South East Asia, this means that you can literally stay as long as you want, or continue to jet set around the world because you can literally work your business from anywhere (there is internet)!

Like right now, I'm actually in Gothenburg, Sweden. This city is absolutely amazing! I'll be in Europe for a little over 2 months, I can't believe it, but that's what happens when you are consistent with building an online Beachbody Coaching business, you can travel for as long or short as you like =)

Working my Online Beachbody Business on the train from Norway to Sweden

I love the fact that I can travel and work from anywhere around the world!

Photo: Banaue, Philippines

Do you enjoy traveling? Are you looking for a way to do something that can help you become more healthy, happy, and financially independent? Well, look no further, it's right here =) Message me and I can help you get started, you're going to love the journey!

Happy Travels!

Disclaimer: Beachbody Coaching and the Beachbody Coaching business does not promise any level of success. Your success solely depends on your performance.

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